Battle of Sword Base
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Template:Battle The First Battle of Sword Base was an engagement between the forces of the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant at the ONI research facility known as SWORD Base occurring on July 26, 2552.
Background
On or prior to the night of July 23, 2552, the human Inner Colony of Reach the Covenant Fleet of Valiant Prudence arrived at the Inner Colony of Reach undetected by its defending forces. A small strike, including artifact-hunting Sangheili Zealots was dispatched to the Visegrád Relay in Visegrád to cut off communications between Reach and other UEG colonies. The Office of Naval Intelligence assumed that the communications blackout was caused by local Insurrectionists; in response, Colonel Urban Holland dispatched several Army fireteams to the relay. After losing contact with the troopers, SPARTAN Noble Team was sent to investigate.[1] The team discovered the Covenant presence on Reach and reported back to CENTCOM, killing two of the Zealots in the process. WINTER CONTINGENCY was declared on Reach while Lieutenant Commander Kat-B320 retrieved a data module from the corpse of Doctor Laszlo Sorvad.[2]
The battle
Aftermath
List of appearances
- Halo: Reach (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Noble Actual
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Winter Contingency
